Cory Booker Condemns Trump's Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record

The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.

Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, on Tuesday night surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action.

Mr. Booker, a New Jersey Democrat and one-time presidential candidate, began his speech at 7 p.m. on Monday, vowing to speak as long as he was “physically able.” In a show of physical and oratorical endurance, he has lasted deep into Tuesday, assailing President Trump’s cuts to government agencies and crackdown on immigration.

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His voice grew hoarse. But it remained strong.

He said the United States had reached a “moral moment” that required a stand against the Trump administration, which he said had brought the United States to a moment of “crisis” barely two months after the president returned to office.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/booker-senate-trump.html